"Access to communication in the widest sense is access to knowledge, and that is vitally important for us if we are not to go on being despised or patronized by condescending sighted people. We do not need pity, nor do we need to be reminded that we are vulnerable. We must be treated as equals — and communication is the way we can bring this about."~ Louis Braille 

In 1824, a fifteen-year-old boy from a village in France named Louis Braille took the initiative to develop an effective and efficient way for visually impaired people to read and write. Braille, a life-changing invention, opened the door for the blind community to become more independent as they possessed a new method of communication.